Budapest, sentence 42
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One states that the name derives from Roman times, since there was a local fortress (Contra-Aquincum) called by Ptolemy "Pession" ("Πέσσιον", iii.7.
Who acts: One, name, local fortress · What happens: state, derive, be, call · To what, where: local fortress · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Budapest». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, name, local fortress), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 states | nsubj |
| 2 | states | state | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 derives | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 derives | nsubj |
| 6 | derives | derive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 states | advcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 times | case |
| 8 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 times | amod |
| 9 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 derives | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 was | punct |
| 11 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 13 was | mark |
| 12 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 13 was | expl |
| 13 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 derives | parataxis |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 fortress | det |
| 15 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 fortress | amod |
| 16 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 was | nsubj |
| 17 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 Contra | punct |
| 18 | Contra | Contra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 fortress | appos |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 Aquincum | punct |
| 20 | Aquincum | Aquincum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Contra | conj |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 Contra | punct |
| 22 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 fortress | acl |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 Ptolemy | case |
| 24 | Ptolemy | Ptolemy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 called | xcomp |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Pession | punct |
| 26 | Pession | pession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Ptolemy | conj |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Pession | punct |
| 28 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 30 Πέσσιον | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 Πέσσιον | punct |
| 30 | Πέσσιον | Πέσσιον | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Pession | appos |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 Πέσσιον | punct |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 iii.7 | punct |
| 33 | iii.7 | iii.7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 30 Πέσσιον | list |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 states | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | present | One | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | derive | present | the name | time | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | be | past | a local fortress | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | call | participle | a local fortress not said here | Ptolemy and Pession xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
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